Infectious Diseases News

• HIV/AIDS: Federal Strategy Includes QOL Indicators for First Time Indicators include mental health, stable housing, socioeconomic challenges, and food security.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• Death of Son Reinforces Flu Vaccination Message Brent had no health conditions to put him at higher risk for complications of the flu. "Brent was a wonderful son, brother, uncle, and friend."
  WebMD Health News, October 05, 2022
• The Pandemic Isn't Over, Fauci Says, but It's Getting Better Anthony Fauci, MD, said this week that he isn"t ready to say that we are nearing the end of COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, October 05, 2022
• The CDC Scientist Who Couldn't Get Monkeypox Treatment "I emphasize my training and my experience because if I had to go to three different places before I got diagnosed, imagine what the average gay man has to do?"
  ProPublica, October 05, 2022
• WHO to Request Cholera Vaccines for Haiti, Expects Further Spread The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralyzed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Omicron BA.4.6 Makes Up Nearly 13% of COVID Variants Circulating in US: CDC The CDC on Tuesday estimated that nearly 13% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron, as of the week ended October 1.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• When Failure to Correct a Flawed Paper Could Put Lives at Risk A paper claimed that vasopressin, also known as antidiuretic hormone, worsened SARS-CoV-2 infections.
  Retraction Watch, October 05, 2022
• France's 8th Wave of COVID Is Gaining in Intensity: Health Official France has entered an eighth wave of the COVID-19 virus, as the winter season approaches, said a leading French health official.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Too Old to Practice Medicine? In Brazil, there is no age limit for practicing medicine. Many Brazilian physicians support periodic self-evaluations, but not mandatory age-related assessments.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• Street Medicine; Folic Acid for Suicidality; and Malaria Vaccines The top 3 things you should know to start your day.
  3 Things to Know Today, October 05, 2022
• Norwegian Cruise Line to Eliminate COVID-19 Testing, Masking Requirements Norwegian Cruise Line said on Monday it was easing COVID-19 safety measures on its ships by dropping requirements for testing, masking and vaccination, as the pandemic loosens its grip on the world.
  Reuters Health Information, October 03, 2022
• Worst Ever Bird Flu Crisis in Europe Raises Risks for Next Season: EFSA Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk of widespread infections next season, the EU's Food Safety Agency said.
  Reuters Health Information, October 03, 2022
• FDA Approves HIV-1 Treatment Ibalizumab for 30-Second IV Push The medication was first approved by the FDA in 2018 for adults with multi-drug resistant HIV-1.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• Lasker Awardee Pioneered Prenatal DNA Testing Winners of the $250,000 prizes honored for innovations in cell structure, COVID-19 data, and fetal screening.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• Sore Throat Becoming Dominant COVID Symptom: Reports "Many people are still using the government guidelines about symptoms, which are wrong."
  WebMD Health News, October 04, 2022
• Breakthrough Studies Support New Boosters in Immunosuppressed The findings of two studies underscore the importance of booster vaccine doses in those with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking immunosuppressants.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to US Vaccine Rule for Health Workers The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Missouri and nine other states - mostly Republican-led - to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in healthcare facilities that receive federal funds.
  Reuters Health Information, October 03, 2022
• Monkeypox Includes Mucocutaneous Involvement in Almost All Cases Systemic features usually but not always precede cutaneous involvement, which is seen in more than 90% of patients, according to Alba Català, MD.
  MDedge News, October 04, 2022
• Docs May Be Disciplined for Spreading COVID Lies The bill, California Assembly Bill 2098, declares that a physician or surgeon commits professional misconduct if they disseminate 'misinformation or disinformation' about the nature and risks of COVID-19.
  Associated Press, October 03, 2022
• COVID Attacks DNA in Heart, Unlike Flu, Study Says 'We found a lot of DNA damage that was unique to the COVID-19 patients, which wasn't present in the flu patients.'
  WebMD Health News, October 03, 2022